Its twelve countries The European Union, including the Hellas, asked Brussels to finance the EU the construction fences at their border to prevent arrival of immigrants, according to a letter in the possession of the French Agency.
The interior ministers of these countries state, characteristically, that “one natural dam seems to be an effective border protection measure, serving the interests of the whole EU. and not just the front-line countries “.
They emphasize that “border surveillance does not prevent attempts at illegal crossing” and that “this legitimate measure should be the subject of additional and adequate funding in the European budget “.
The letter was sent to the Vice President of the European Commission on Thursday Margariti Schoina and the Commissioner for Home Affairs Ilva Johansson, signed by the Ministers of Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia.
These countries are also calling for “a strong response to address the instrumentalization of illegal immigration and hybrid threats.
No third country should be able to use our asylum system to exert political pressure and blackmail the EU and member states or to take advantage of the current situation in Afghanistan “.
According to AFP, many thousands of migrants have crossed its border in recent months Belarus to EU countries such as Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. Brussels accuses the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of orchestrating this wave of immigration in retaliation for the sanctions imposed on him.
Poland, like Lithuania, began to build barbed wire fences in a part of their border with Belarus. Hungary had erected such a fence on its border with Serbia during the 2015 immigration crisis.
It is noted that the above letter referred to Home Affairs Council which met today in Luxembourg.
In August, the European Commission had agreed for construction of a fence between Lithuania and Belarus, but noted that the project will not be funded by Community funds.
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